Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मागें जैसा होता माझे अंगीं भाव । तैसा एक ठाव नाहीं आतां ॥1॥
ऐसें गोही माझें मन मजपाशीं । तुटी मुदलेंसी दिसे पुढें ॥ध्रु.॥
पुढिलांचे मना आणि गुणदोष । पूज्य आपणांस करावया ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे जाली कोंबडएाची परी । पुढें चि उकरी लाभ नेणें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The devotion I once felt in my being is no longer there as it was. My own mind bears witness: I see loss of the very principal ahead. It brings up faults in others only to make itself seem worthy of worship. Says Tuka, I have become like a hen that scratches only at what lies ahead and does not recognize the true gain.
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